Social/Cultural

By srjhnsn

  • Executive Order 9981

    President Truman issued an order to end segregation in Armed Services.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court ruled to end segregation in schools, however many still continued to segregate.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This led to boycotting of buses in Montgomery.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 to protect voter rights.

  • March on Washington

    Martin Luther King Jr. and 250,000 people marched to Washington to and said his "I have a dream" speech to protest jobs and freedom.

  • Birmingham Church

    A church in Birmingham was bombed and 4 young children were killed while countless others were injured.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 preventing discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.

  • Selma

    Protesters walked from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest black voter suppression. They reached Montgomery on March 25th.

  • Assassination

    Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered in his hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Fair Housing Act

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Fair Housing Act which provides equal housing to all regardless of their race, religion, or national origin.